Healthcare Workers Attitudes, Practices and Sources of Information for COVID-19 Vaccination: An Italian National Survey.

Vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) is a crucial element to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this survey was to assess attitudes, sources of information and practices among Italian Healthcare workers (HCWs) in relation to COVID-19 vaccination. From 19 February to 23 April 2021, an anonymous voluntary questionnaire was sent to the mailing list of the main National Health Service structures.

Anxiety, stress, and binge eating tendencies in adolescence: a prospective approach.

Background: Recent years have witnessed an increasing prevalence of binge eating tendencies in adolescence-warranting a clearer understanding of their underlying predisposing and precipitating factors. The current study investigated whether the interaction between high levels of anxiety and stress predicted increased levels of binge eating tendencies in a prospective cohort of adolescents (N = 324).

Methods: Measurements were taken over three waves (M ages: 13.

Microbial recycling cells: First steps into a new type of microbial electrochemical technologies, aimed at recovering nutrients from wastewater.

The aim of this work were to study terracotta-based porous air-water separators (4 mm thickness) in microbial recycling cells (MRCs) fed with cow manure (CM), swine manure (SM) and dairy wastewater (DW). Over 125 days, besides the removal of 60-90% of soluble-COD, considerable fractions of the main macronutrients (C, N, P, K, Fe, Mn, Ca, Mg) were removed from the wastewater and deposited on the terracotta separators as both inorganic salts and biomass deposits. Water evaporation at air-water interface as well as the high cathodic pH (10-12), induced by oxygen reduction to OH, were the predominant factors leading to precipitation.

Bioelectrochemical Nitrogen fixation (e-BNF): Electro-stimulation of enriched biofilm communities drives autotrophic nitrogen and carbon fixation.

A new approach to microbial electrosynthesis is proposed, aimed at producing whole biomass from N and inorganic carbon, by electrostimulation of complex microbial communities. On a carbon-based conductor under constant polarization (-0.7 V vs SHE), an electroactive biofilm was enriched with autotrophic nitrogen fixing microorganims and led to biomass synthesis at higher amounts (up to 18 fold), as compared to controls kept at open circuit (OC).